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… CP Orders Detectives to Fish out Culprits Operatives of Bayelsa State Police Command have recovered a mutilated female body at School to Land Project, Edepie, Yenagoa LGA, Bayelsa State. The unidentified female corpse was found on March 4, 2021 at about 0830 hours. According to Police sources preliminary investigation …
Read More »PANDEF to Establish Regional Security Outfit Soon
… Describes Gumi’s Statements as ‘Hate Speech’ Pan Niger Delta Development Forum, PANDEF, a body of traditional rulers, leaders and stakeholders of the region, has elected Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien as its new national chairman, promising to work closely with the governors of the South-South and community leaders to establish …
Read More »PIB: 2.5% for Host Communities Not Acceptable ~ Gov Diri
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the 2.5 per cent revenue proposed for host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was grossly inadequate and unacceptable to the people of the Niger Delta. Senator Diri stated this on Tuesday during a town hall meeting on the bill with …
Read More »University Don Faults ‘Embargo of Food Stuff to South’ by Northern Groups
… Warns It will Encourage Resource Control’ The dean of the School of Post Graduate Studies, Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Prof Benjamin Okaba, has played down the purported embargo of food stuffs to the south by some northern groups, noting that there was no need for panic as the …
Read More »SWAT Operatives Arrest More Armed Robbery Syndicate Members
It will be recalled that on 25 February, 2021 two suspects namely, Headman Eniyi and Ebi Tonbofa, masquerading as members of the State Environmental Task Force, were arrested for suspected armed robbery and kidnapping. “Today, 28 February 2021, at about 0315 hours, these suspects led SWAT Operatives to their hideout …
Read More »Bayelsa Lawmaker Advocates ‘Transformation of Ijaw Cultural Heritage into Tourism Products’
… Calls for Synergy among Stakeholders Chairman, Bayelsa State House of Assembly Committee on Culture and Tourism, Hon. Moses Marlon, has stressed the need to transform the rich Ijaw cultural resources in the state into marketable cultural tourism products as part of efforts towards driving domestic tourism, adding that culture …
Read More »State Vigilante Rescues Civil Servant from Kidnappers in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Vigilante Force Friday arrested two suspected kidnappers, who held one Mrs. Judith Adoga at gunpoint and forced her to different ATM points within Yenagoa metropolis where they withdrew an undisclosed amount of money from her account. According to Mrs. Adoga, a staff of the Ministry for Budget …
Read More »Why My Administration Focused On Education ~ Jonathan
… Lauds Diri’s First Year Performance Former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has described education as the key to nation building and manpower development. Dr. Jonathan also said that to liberate people from mental slavery, education must be the top priority of every government. The former president stated this on …
Read More »Why Contractors are after Amnesty’s Interim Coordinator ~ Ijaw Leaders
Scores of Ijaw leaders under the aegis of the Ijaw Forward Movement (IFM) have opened up on reasons why major contractors “are after the jugular” of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Col Milland Dixon Dikio rtd. In an online statement, the group’s coordinator, Anthony Oki, posited that Dikio’s offence may …
Read More »Marginal Oilfields: Court Adjourns Suit by Ijaw Leaders over Licencing
The Federal High Court Yenagoa, on Friday adjourned a suit by Ijaw leaders seeking to halt the process leading to licensing for marginal oilfields located in their domains pending the determination of their suit. The suit marked No, PHC/YEN/CS/81/2020 was filed by Chief Brown Agu (Opu Agu VIII), Mrs Rosemary …
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